Peru's other expense (% of expense) was 13.59% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.62 percentage points from 7.96% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13.59% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 7.69% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.96% | 2011 |
| Highest | 15.95% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 0.03% | 1994 |
| Average since 2012 | 9.48% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 0.37% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Peru's other expense (% of expense) fell 2.36 percentage points on 2020 (from 15.95% to 13.59%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.32 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.34 percentage points in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.68 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Peru had the 1st highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | 13.59% | 2021 |
| World | 7.7% | 2022 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 7.32% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 5.97% | 2023 |
Closest to Peru in the 2021 ranking
- Central African Republic — 2nd of 12: 13.22%
- Zambia — 3rd of 12: 7.56%
- Bangladesh — 4th of 12: 6.77%
What this measures
Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 32 values
| Year | Other expense (% of expense) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 13.59 |
| 2020 | 15.95 |
| 2019 | 7.73 |
| 2018 | 7.97 |
| 2017 | 8.58 |
| 2016 | 7.69 |
| 2015 | 10.14 |
| 2014 | 9.74 |
| 2013 | 7.56 |
| 2012 | 5.9 |
| 2011 |
Other expense (% of expense) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 7.29% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 11.53% (2023)
- Barbados — 1.55% (2016)
- Brazil — 4.12% (2023)
- Chile — 17.59% (2023)
- Colombia — 8.19% (2023)
- Costa Rica — 20.85% (2023)
- Dominican Republic — 8.58% (2023)
- Ecuador — 5.45% (2022)
- El Salvador — 5.97% (2023)
- Guatemala — 7.36% (2023)
More public sector data for Peru
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 2.6 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 9.27 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.81% (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 90 million (2025)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 14.11 billion (2021)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 1.61% (2021)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — -28.47 billion (2021)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — -3.24% (2021)
- Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 28.38 billion (2021)
- Grants and other revenue (% of revenue)
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Questions people ask
- What is Peru's other expense (% of expense)?
- 13.59% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 13.22 percentage points from 0.37% in 1990. The highest value was 15.95% in 2020 and the lowest 0.03% in 1994.
- How does Peru rank?
- 1st highest of 12 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in other expense (% of expense) unusual for Peru?
- In 2021, Peru's other expense (% of expense) fell 2.36 percentage points on 2020 (from 15.95% to 13.59%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.XPN.OTHR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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